(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) giers April 20 - Insurgents ambushed an Algerian military convoy in the mountainous Kabylie region killing 14 soldiers the state news agency reported Sunday. The attack came two days after Algeria's presidential election. According to AP the attack near the village of Iboudraren began at 10 p.m. Saturday with 11 soldiers being killed immediately and another three succumbing to their wounds the agency said. A local official said a large group of insurgents hid on both sides of the road and opened fire with automatic weapons as the military bus drove by. He spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject.
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